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H Karthik

Vice President

h.karthik@everestgrp.com

H. Karthik, Vice President, works with the Institute’s Global Sourcing area. He manages custom client projects and syndicated research across multiple areas including captives, location optimization and other offshoring issues. Karthik’s strength in research stems from in-depth understanding of the issues involved in offshoring across multiple industries and prior experience in banking and consulting.

Previous positions include Assistant Vice President-Credit & Risk at Citifinancial India and an Associate at A.T. Kearney India. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad, India) and a Bachelor of Technology, Electrical Engineering, from Indian Institute of Technology (Madras, India).

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Global Location Insights: December 2011 - Perspectives on Tier II/III Cities of the United States as Locations for IT Services Delivery

Saumya Chaturvedi, H Karthik

December 2011 | Document #EGR-2011-8-R-0631 | Report
This report provides an overview of tier II/III cities in the United States as locations for IT services delivery. It also offers a perspective on key factors that merit consideration as service provi... | More

Global Locations Compass - China

Sakshi Garg, H Karthik, Amneet Singh

November 2011 | Document #EGR-2011-2-R-0606 | Report
China is one of the most talked about global services delivery destination. It is witnessing significant market activity for global services, driven primarily by its unique Asian language advantage, r... | More

Webinar Deck: Is the Arbitrage of Your Offshore Locations Sustainable?

H Karthik, Eric Simonson

October 2011 | Document #18Oct11-Webinar | Report
On October 18, 2011, Everest Group will host a webinar, Is the Arbitrage of Your Offshore Locations Su... | More

Outsourcing and Offshoring Trends in Pharmaceuticals

Saumya Chaturvedi, H Karthik, Amneet Singh, Anurag Srivastava

October 2011 | Document #EGR-2011-2-R-0600 | Report
Pharmaceuticals (pharma) companies have large scale and a broad global reach, yet have historically lagged behind other verticals, in terms of outsourcing initiatives. However, multiple factors are no... | More

India Captive Market Landscape: Challenging Common Myths and Charting Future Role

Salil Dani, H Karthik, Amneet Singh, Anurag Srivastava

October 2010 | Document #ERI-2010-2-R-0472 | Report
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the India captive landscape and insights into key trends. The report also challenges common myths associated with captives and provides deep insights into ... | More

Outsourcing and Offshoring Trends in Consumer Electronics

Aminisha Gupta, H Karthik, Shyan Mukerjee, Amneet Singh

January 2010 | Document #ERI-2010-2-R-0382 | Report
Consumer electronics industry is intensely competitive on account of a combination of demand and supply factors. This market update analyzes outsourcing and offshoring activity, examines sourcing mode... | More

Mauritius as an Emerging Location for Delivery of Offshore Services

H Karthik, Shyan Mukerjee

November 2009 | Document #ERI-2009-2-R-0381 | Report
This executive summary, drawn from a larger study, presents a fact-based view of Mauritius' current IT/BPO capabilities and highlights its key differentiators with respect to other offshore destinatio... | More

Global Locations Insights: September 2009

H Karthik, Shyan Mukerjee, Anand Ramesh

September 2009 | Document #ERI-2009-2-B-0367 | Viewpoint
Africa has recently entered the global sourcing location market.  Learn more about this growing area in this complimentary article. | More

The Hidden Costs and Complexity of Managing Multiple ADM Suppliers

H Karthik, Shyan Mukerjee, Eric Simonson

June 2009 | Document #ERI-2009-7-W-0344 | Report
Everest's analysis of the cost and complexity of managing multiple ADM suppliers and how buyers can benefit from limiting the number of suppliers in their portfolio. | More

Global Location Insights: July 2008 - Investment Incentives – How Much Do They Matter?

H Karthik, Shefali Saxena

July 2008 | Document #ERI-2008-2-B-0263 | Viewpoint
How important are investment incentives from offshore destination governments | More

Global Location Insights: March 2008 - Does EU accession mean higher wage inflation in Eastern Europe?

H Karthik, Swapnil Sinha

March 2008 | Document #ERI-2008-2-B-0238 | Viewpoint
Location Optimization article discussing wage inflation in Eastern Europe. | More

Trends in Offshore Contact Center Services Market

H Karthik, Anand Ramesh, Eric Simonson, Swapnil Sinha

February 2008 | Document #ERI-2007-2-R-0226 | Report
This report provides an overview of current and emerging trends in the contact center services market, with an emphasis on offshoring. The report outlines the emerging shift from Contact Center Outs... | More

Perspectives on Delivery Center Locations for BPO - Asia

Arshmeet Ahluwalia, H Karthik, Swapnil Sinha

December 2007 | Document #ERI-2007-2-R-0175 | Report
Asian countries have evolved as offshore destinations to provide business process (primarily in English) and technology services. Lower costs coupled with good English language skills and large, skill... | More

Bank of the Future: The Emerging Operating Model

H Karthik, Nikhil Rajpal, Eric Simonson

October 2007 | Document #ERI-2007-2-R-0169 | Report
With the increasing use of outsourcing and offshoring in the banking industry, the fundamental operating model of banking is changing. Beyond just providing new sourcing approaches, operating models a... | More

Captive Value Diagnostic Study

H Karthik, Nikhil Rajpal, Kumar Subramanian

September 2007 | Document #ERI-2007-2-R-0211 | Report
As the offshore services market matures, captives are exploring different mechanisms to deliver value beyond labor cost savings to their parent organizations. To help assess the future direction of ca... | More

Perspectives on Delivery Center Locations for BPO -Central & Eastern Europe (CEE)

H Karthik, Arunima Kumar, Anand Ramesh, Swapnil Sinha

July 2007 | Document #ERI-2007-2-R-0173 | Report
Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) countries have emerged as attractive near-shore destinations to provide business process and technology services to Continental Europe. However, the cities below have d... | More

Indian Captive Market - Trends and Implications

Nihal George, H Karthik, Nikhil Rajpal, Geetha Tedakapalli

June 2007 | Document #ERI-2007-2-R-0162 | Report
The Indian captive market is large and continues to expand at a rapid pace across verticals, functions, and geographies. As the captive model becomes more mainstream, the role of the captive is evolv... | More